Bigger disappointment?

[Alvin#40]

D-line was huge dissapointment tonight. Carlos had a couple opportunities to step up and make a play, but he did not. Look back for the ball, and on the pass defended i thought he could have gotten both hands up and made the pick easily. Guess he has lost some confidence. Looks like our secondary is confused with some coverages. And another thought,(and just a thought) with Arch's preseason performance, i dont think GW has confidence in his coverage ability just yet. He is keeping Sean back and letting Arch run support. Hmmm. We need Sean up there, and Pearson's Injury may cost us a few more poor performances.
As far as offense goes, to be HONEST, i was quite pleased. Sure Brunell had a few throw aways, but come on people, close game = field position. I am SO relieved about our offense. I know we dont really have a few weeks, but if we can get to week 6 at 2-3 or 3-2 I believe the offense will start ROLLIN. HAIL SKINS, WEEK 1, NEW OFFENSIVE SYSTEM, sorry guys, I'm still liking this team!!!!!

[irish]

Like Wilbon said in today's paper, if you told me the skins only score 16 points I still say they win. The D just had no urgency. Minn wanted it more than the skins did.

[budw38]

I would say defence . We are in our third year under Willams . I do however feel it is not his fault that they overpaid for Carter < no pass rush > and Adam , who has never been good in coverage . It is only week 1 , but they better spend next off season building the left side of our O Line < i think Samuals and Dockery are too soft > and get a kid like Abraham < Atl > who can hurt the opposing qb . Wish we had drafted Merriman last year , beast ! NOW IT IS TIME TO WAX THE COWGILRS !!!!!!!

[jbcjr14]

I think the injury to Prileau on the opening kick had alot to do with the defensive calls. He is a vital part to the nickel packages and to have him go down that early may have changed that. I voted Dfense because they just could not get off the field on 3rd downs. It's week one...DO NOT PANIC.

[onlydarksets]

No question - defense. They looked lost at times, although, as I've said elsewhere, ST looked good.

[VTSkins897]

honestly i'm glad this game is over. the west coast offense, especially run by brad johnson, is a pain in the ass to play, especially with our pressure-style defense.

i look for us to beat the cowboys, who looked just as bad as we did.

brad johnson is a damn good QB in my mind. he's like 8-2 over his last 10 games right? just be glad this game is over.

i may be freaking out but the vikings could be in the running to win the nfc north. none of us should be worried now. i was impressed to see the offense move the ball when it needed to.

[MTK]

BJ has always been very underrated. The guy just wins.

I came away very impressed by the Vikings. They are very physical at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, and they have a QB that isn't going to make mistakes and lose games for them. They should be right there with the Bears for the division title.

[Twilbert07]

Biggest disappointment is reading this about our placekicker at the game's most critical point:

"I didn't think I was going on yet," Hall said. "I didn't really know what was happening."
Coaches motioned Hall onto the field and, as he jogged onto the grass, he tried to sort out the details of the game. He thought it was third down, not fourth. He felt unsure exactly how much time remained. He stepped behind holder Derrick Frost and cleared his mind. He felt he was ready. Then he booted the ball -- "It felt clean," he said -- and watched it sail left.

[dmek25]

what is up with our defense? for the past 2+ seasons, has been top 10 quality. the only 2 changes have been ryan clark and lavar. did someone underestimate how much they meant to this team?

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by BMF21

if they cant stop........ol ass Brad Johnson, when Vick get to town..........it's going to be pitful

1st off, Brad is a QB, if given time, will pick most teams apart. Which was the problem last night. I thought our defense was an attacking defense. we hardly brought any pressure. I know we had some back ups in the secondary, but wouldn't you rather have them covering for 2 seconds on a play than 5. Any WR will get open when he has that much time, and any NFL QB will find a WR if they are given that much time.

2ndly, Vick sucks as a passer. I would rather him sit in the pocket and throw the ball around than Brad Johnson.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by dmek25

what is up with our defense? for the past 2+ seasons, has been top 10 quality. the only 2 changes have been ryan clark and lavar. did someone underestimate how much they meant to this team?

Missing Springs is HUGE.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

The defense was the bigger disappointment. I expected the defense to be solid and I think we in D.C. have been a little spoiled by our D. They played okay, not spectacular, just okay. They were pretty good against the run (allowing C.T. to average less than 3 ypc), but they allowed far too many big plays on 3rd down or made dumb penalties. That said, they allowed about 300 yards and 19 points ... above average, but not Redskins D.

I didn't expect much out of the offense and I didn't see much out of them either. They moved the ball quite well, that is until they got into the red zone 4 times and went 1(TD)-3(FG). They've got far too much talent to score just 16 points at home, on Monday night, against the Vikings defense.

Overall, the offense played a worse game, but I expected the defense to be good and the offense to be just average. So, I'm more disappointed in the defense.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I put that loss on the defense. The offense made it into the red zone 4 times and within scoring range another. You can't let a team off of their own goal line (bad penalty notwithstanding) ever. You can't let a team convert 53% on 3rd down. You can't let Brad Johnson, Troy Williamson, Chester Taylor and Travis Taylor make big plays on you, ever. Especially at home. I'd hate to be in practice Wednesday if I was on Williams D but he needs to do 40 up-downs himself for that vanilla defense he called..

Wait, I don't understand how you put the loss on the defense and proceed to point out how the offense scored just 1 touchdown in 4 trips to the red zone. The defense definately needs improvement, but I would think you'd expect more than 16 points out of a Saunders, Portis, Moss, ARE, Cooley, Lloyd offense playing at home.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

The bottom line is neither unit made plays when they needed to. The defense needed to make plays on 3rd downs and they didn't. The offense needed to actually score touchdowns and, save 1, they didn't.

[Hog1]

I watched the game like all the Redskin faithful. I anticipated and planned for the game for weeks. I was disappointed. I have read all the why's and how's detailing what injury, penalty, limp ass kicker are the cause for the loss. Although it was a close game by the scoreboard, I am just ...........................Damn disapponted. It was not that close. I will survive............but, I personally do not remember a game when we could NOT step up, anywhere. The Vikes did what they had to do when they had to do it. That is the mark of championship team. We did not. I firmly believe we have a more talented team, staff, etc. We did not play like it, and if one player injured, or a couple of penalties gone the wrong way=loss........................be a long season. As somebody stated earlier, we got dominated. Our killer O-line, D-line, etc got bitched.........regularly. To many people say, we are just trying to buy a SB with overpriced free agents. last night, we proved them right. I Felt like I was watching Houston. maybe it will light a fire in their bellies for the Cowboys. If not..........I don't want to think about it-Damn disappointing